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Dendrocopos canicapillus auritus (Eyton) 



Tripsurus auritus Eyton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, No. 105, 

 October 1845, p. 229 (Malacca). 

 Range: Keported from the southernmost peninsular provinces 

 (Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat). 



Genus HEMICIRCUS Swainson 



Hemicircus concretus sordidus (Eyton) 



Dendrocopus sordidus Eyton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, 

 No. 105, October 1845, p. 229 (Malacca). 

 Range: Reported from the peninsular provinces (Nakhon Si 

 Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung) . 



Hemicircus canente (Lesson) 



Picus Canente Lesson, Centurie zoologique, 1830, p. 215, pi. 73 



(Pegu, Pegu District, Pegu Division, Burma). 



Range: The northern plateau (Chiang Rai, Lamphun, Lampang, 



Phrae, Nan), the eastern plateau, the southeastern provinces, the 



central plains, and the western and peninsular provinces from Tak 



to Phangnga. 



Genus BLYTHIPICUS Bonaparte 



Blythipicus pyrrhotis pyrrhotis (Hodgson) 



[Picus] Pyrrhotis Hodgson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 6, pt. 

 1, No. 62, February 1837, p. 108 (Nepal). 

 Range: Evergreen forests of the northwestern provinces from 

 Chaiya Prakan south to Tak. 



Blythipicus pyrrhotis intermedius Delacour 



Blythipicus pyrrhotis intermedius Delacour, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 



vol. 47, No. 316, July 14, 1927, p. 154 (Bac Kan [lat. 22°08' N., 



long. 105°50' E.], Bac Kan Province, Tongking). 



Range: Evergreen forests of the eastern provinces of the northern 



plateau (Nan) and the northwestern portion of the eastern plateau 



(Loei, Phetchabun). 



Blythipicus rubiginosus rubiginosus (Swainson) 



Hemicircus rubiginosus Swainson, The natural history of the birds 



of Western Africa, vol. 2, Sept. 23, 1837, p. 150 ("Western 



Africa," error; type locality corrected to Malacca, by Hart- 



laub, Revue Zoologique, tome 7, 1844, p. 402). 



Range: The peninsular provinces from the Isthmus of Kra to the 



extreme South. 



